CVE-2026-72049

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The modern\nnl802154 family admin-gates the equivalent reads via\nNL802154_CMD_GET_SEC_KEY and friends with .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM.\n\nAny local uid that can open AF_NETLINK / NETLINK_GENERIC can resolve\nthe \"802.15.4 MAC\" family and dump LLSEC_LIST_KEY on any wpan netdev\nthat has an LLSEC key installed; the dump handler writes the raw\n16-byte AES-128 key bytes (IEEE802154_ATTR_LLSEC_KEY_BYTES, copied\nverbatim from struct ieee802154_llsec_key.key) into the reply.\nRecovering the AES key compromises 802.15.4 LLSEC link confidentiality\nand authenticity, since LLSEC uses CCM* and the same key authenticates\nand encrypts frames.\n\nImpact: any local uid with no capabilities can read the raw 16-byte\nAES-128 LLSEC key from the kernel keytable on any wpan netdev that has\nan administrator-installed LLSEC key, by issuing an LLSEC_LIST_KEY\ndump on the legacy IEEE802154_NL generic-netlink family.\n\nIntroduce IEEE802154_DUMP_PRIV() mirroring IEEE802154_DUMP() but\nsetting .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, and use it for the four LLSEC dump\nentries. LIST_PHY and LIST_IFACE retain IEEE802154_DUMP() because the\nmodern nl802154 family exposes their equivalents to unprivileged\nreaders by design (NL802154_CMD_GET_WPAN_PHY and\nNL802154_CMD_GET_INTERFACE carry \"can be retrieved by unprivileged\nusers\" annotations)."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N", "baseScore": 7.1, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - Exploitation requires a local syscall path: open AF_NETLINK/NETLINK_GENERIC, resolve the \"802.15.4 MAC\" genl family, and send an NLM_F_DUMP for IEEE802154_LLSEC_LIST_KEY; the bug is in kernel netlink configuration code, not in remote 802.15.4 frame handling.\nAC:L - Once IEEE802154/LLSEC is enabled and keys are installed on a wpan netdev (typical on Zigbee/6LoWPAN gateways and industrial IoT coordinators), an attacker can deterministically trigger the dump and receive key material without races or special memory 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The modern\nnl802154 family admin-gates the equivalent reads via\nNL802154_CMD_GET_SEC_KEY and friends with .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM.\n\nAny local uid that can open AF_NETLINK / NETLINK_GENERIC can resolve\nthe \"802.15.4 MAC\" family and dump LLSEC_LIST_KEY on any wpan netdev\nthat has an LLSEC key installed; the dump handler writes the raw\n16-byte AES-128 key bytes (IEEE802154_ATTR_LLSEC_KEY_BYTES, copied\nverbatim from struct ieee802154_llsec_key.key) into the reply.\nRecovering the AES key compromises 802.15.4 LLSEC link confidentiality\nand authenticity, since LLSEC uses CCM* and the same key authenticates\nand encrypts frames.\n\nImpact: any local uid with no capabilities can read the raw 16-byte\nAES-128 LLSEC key from the kernel keytable on any wpan netdev that has\nan administrator-installed LLSEC key, by issuing an LLSEC_LIST_KEY\ndump on the legacy IEEE802154_NL generic-netlink family.\n\nIntroduce IEEE802154_DUMP_PRIV() mirroring IEEE802154_DUMP() but\nsetting .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, and use it for the four LLSEC dump\nentries. 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